Sue Raney is an American jazz singer. Signed by Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 at the age of seventeen, her debut album, the Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle

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-produced When Your Lover Has Gone, was released in 1958. Raney begin singing at only four years of age, and encouraged by her mother, began working as a professional before she was a teenager. When she was nearly 14, she joined Jack Carson

Jack Carson

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's Los Angeles

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-based radio show in 1954, and later worked on television as Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony

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's band's main vocalist. After a hiatus in the 1970s, Raney has continued to record sporadically, with her most recent album being a 2006 tribute to Doris Day

Doris Day

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 entitled Heart's Desire.
Her Imperial single "Early Morning Blues And Greens" was well-played on easy-listening stations, peaking at number 16 on Billboard's MOR chart. Raney is married to former Cubs/Red Sox player Carmen Fanzone

Carmen Fanzone

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.

Discography

• When Your Lover Has Gone (1958, Capitol)
• Songs for a Raney Day (1960, Capitol)
• All By Myself (1964, Capitol)
• Happiness is a Warm Sue Raney (1965, Philips)
• Alive and In Love (1966, Imperial)
• New & Now (1967, Imperial)
• With A Little Help From My Friends (1969, Imperial)
• The People Tree (1972, Light)
• Sings the Music of Johnny Mandel (1982, Discovery)
• Ridin' High (1984, Discovery)
• Flight of Fancy (1986, Discovery)
• Quietly There: The Music of Johnny Mandel (1988 re-issue w/ added songs, Discovery)
• In Good Company (1990, Discovery)
• Dreamsville: Sue Raney Sings the Music of Henry Mancini (1992, Trend)
• Autumn in the Air (Fresh Sound, 1997)
• Breathless (1997 Compilation, Studio West)
• Volume II (2004 Compilation, Studio West)
• Heart's Desire: A Tribute to Doris Day (2006, Fresh Sound)
• Listen Here: Alone with Alan Broadbent (2011, SSJ)

External links

• http://SueRaneySRO.com Official web site